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COUNCIL BLUFFS, LINCOLN, OMAHA Omaha. Neb., Frf., Fabniarv 6,1976
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nn Takes Federation Reins; [Cohesion, Fiscal Responsibility
. . .Iiaptre thoM whs le*d VB and every member ol our community with I qilrtt o( hopefulncM and confidence as we work together In the ruinUment o( the purpne* of our Jewlih Federation: the beitermenl of our Omaha Jewlih conununity and the itrengthenlng of our people In every land tn which they dwdl. We have been laufht, "Let ui not leparate ounelves from the greater community of whidi we are a part — the HounhoM o( Iirael, the Jewlih People In the State of Israel, In Ruula and throufboul the world. Help us to strengthen and bnolile our people everywhere so that greater oompasalon, laiderstandtng and peace could be bnxi^ to all mankind. " —nvAdHlBvocattntasrRjIM BaffyL.1 ByRidMrdPMri OMAHA - Leonard (Buddy) Goldstein vowing to 8«ek "a more cohesive" Omaha Jewish commiailty, greater local fiscal responsibility and continued supjxNrt (or Israel and world Jewry, assumed the presidency of the Jewish Federation o( Omaha at its 73rd annual meeting Sunday night. Pel), i, at the Jewish Community C^ter.
honoring of newspaper colunmlst Waily Provost and past Federation President Joe M.Rice.
Piwogt WM ivoD^Dised lor his MriH 00 RIMIM JOtn. Rice wMhoaaml lo tbantla ftv UB bvo tanna ID QUIOB S yean ago. In ttie absence of opposition to the candidates proposed by Joe Lipton's nominating committee, the slate was elected by acclimation. Officers serving with Goldstein this year are Vice Presidents Mrs. Morris C. (Mary) Fellnuui, David L Friedlander and Howard J. Kaslow; Secretary Mrs.
Milton G. (Mimil Waldbaum and Treasurer Frank N. Goldberg. \J New board members, serving three-year terms, are Mrs. Sidney H. (Jane") Brjjoks, Alan Crounte, Mr< Joe (Ruth) Erman, Mrs. Donald (Ann) Goldstein, Martin J. Lehr, Stanford Lipsey, Mrs. Larry E. (Silvia) Rollman, Dr. Paul A. J. Shyken, Ramon Somberg and Richard Zacharia. HM oftiocn ml board (Continued on Page 2)
Goldstein, executive of the Omaha branch of a optional ' auto and trudi leasliig (inn. succeeded Harlan J. Noddle, head of a real estate development company as Federation president. Noddle, elected in 1975. is believed to be Uie youngest Federation . president ever. A turnout of over ISO attended the annual meeting, •-, whidi teatured, in addition to the aiwttan of officers and tKHird memt>ers for 1976, reports (ram various lay and professional leaders and the
UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. bassador Ivor Rkliard, who Daniel P. Moynihan, whose llluned Um to gmfl^ilw straightforward speech In Wyatt Eatp waRldng tar a defense of Israel and Zionism shootout at the OK Oiaal. and in condemning Soviet and Moynihan, 49, said he was Cuban involvement in the only performing his duties in a Angola fighting brought him manner prescribed by praise from some qiuarters President Ford. However, and criticism from oUiers, rumors of rifts between him, resigned Monday, Feb. 2 as the Administration and United States Ambassador to Secretary of State Kissinger the United Nations. had surfaced in the last few Moynihan said he would ~weeks, although there tiad return to the faculty of Haralso been public pronounvard University, where he had cements of supfwrt for him. been a teacher prior to being Kissinger denied the made Ambassador sb( months resignation was prompted by ago. any lack of State Department "We have been taking a somewhat more responsive support. Moynihan did not rule out position," he said In answer to the possibility he would run questions on his (xilicy of responding directly and (or the Senate. His resignation becomes effective at the end forecefully to anti-U.S. attacks In the U.N. of Tebruary, when he fomHit reipoDses drew pletes his term as president of crttkdan fnan BrtUrii Am- the U.N. Security Council.
Rlehard H. IQIltr, Mt, and Leo I. Meysnon, OKliainnan oC the ItW Omaha .l«wlri>P1ia«Bflirc|)te»C^imflpi, haw anoouMsed tbdr flnt sawtotmanta of Dhrtaitn oochaimMB. To aae «ho thty are, pletae bm to Page 3.
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The Allber Bridge—From Generation to Generation \
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batwwD JMVS of tiro hflnl^lMnB, nfNVHBli yat aisitlwi iiiirifis In ItatrHKirriiMhofKrrtsYkrMl. BOOIMNINaS IVenty yean ago, the land of the Arava valley between BcerBheba and Ellat was barren, sandswept desert. In September of 1965,35 Jewish Immigrant families from North Africa climbed down from a truck In the middle of the Ncgev and became Uic first InhablUuita of Otmona. located » miles southeast of Beersheba. How the spot was chosen Is not certain a pin randomly pricked In a bureaucrat's map. or maybe the truck ilmply ran out of gas. Educated speculations sutgest thai the mineral daposlU at the Dud Sea and the pho4>hate. at Oron sparked the hopM of early dreamers that resources In the aru would emurt the community's survival.
Sure enough, the dreamers were right! In Uh short decades since the first Immigrants arrived, the bleak picture hai changed dramatically. Tlie spirit of these original halutzim (settlers) brought life to the wlldemen. Dtmooa was twni, BIS fwn and BOW thrlvM. From a pofMlatlon of 3,W ki un, MaoBa hM Mptoded atarty taHbld. WKh dertlogNiMBt lowB of wkle atfwts, bloeks, parks lod ttrsliatlllpvwlBg. Induatry Is the main llftsupport ol the community, employing well over hall of the working populstkm. The mineral fields, textile mills, and other factories engaged In the production of chemicals, rUM)er goods, and plastics have sustained the developing conununity. A ihlft In personnel from the service llelds to Industry Is rnw becoming the characteristic pattern Hiroughout the State of Israel. If Israel Is to cover Its iMianoa of paymentr-denclt, In-
dustrial exports must quadruple, government officials warn. DImona's example Is encouraging In this respect. While 85 per cent of the population are of North African origin — the first families paving the way (or the later arrivals - the Inhabitants of Dimona are far from homogeneous Rumanlara, Indians, Black Hebrews from the United States, and a recent influx of 300 Soviet families all form part of what one writer picturesquely called, "the DImonan moaiiic." Pour absorption centers have been established to help settle DImona's newcomers. But U Dlmaaia'a first It ysait have been secured by die hrari^ of early drMtoMn and tht InlUaihrc ol Its k*alilf«lB, Ms tahrt aaBly dspw* «a Itat youth. BvMi hi Iinal than par iMs th. ha* d Ite ttg dtlH. So DImona's leaders, young men In their 30's who hold most of the town's municipal government posltkxw, iMve worked hard to make jobs available and securt (ConUnuedonPagtS)